{"id":212510,"date":"2016-05-08T19:52:42","date_gmt":"2016-05-08T19:52:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=212510"},"modified":"2016-05-08T19:52:42","modified_gmt":"2016-05-08T19:52:42","slug":"vvip-bus-crashes-on-kumasi-accra-road-3-feared-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/05\/vvip-bus-crashes-on-kumasi-accra-road-3-feared-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"VVIP bus crashes on Kumasi-Accra road; 3 feared dead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A 30 seater VVIP bus has been involved in a fatal accident on the Kumasi-Accra road, about 500 metres away from the popular Linda Dor rest stop.<\/p>\n<p>Three people are feared dead and at least 15 seriously injured.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_212512\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-212512\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-212512\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160508122027-3.jpg\" alt=\"One of the passengers trapped\" width=\"600\" height=\"406\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-212512\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">One of the passengers trapped<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>One of the passengers is trapped and the Fire Service personnel at the accident scene are trying to rescue him.<\/p>\n<p>The driver of the bus is also in a critical condition.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-212514\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160508122027-1.jpg\" alt=\"20160508122027 (1)\" width=\"600\" height=\"428\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The accident occurred this evening [Sunday] at about 5:42pm.<\/p>\n<p>An eyewitness told\u00a0Citi News\u00a0it was raining heavily and poor visibility and the slippery road might have caused the accident.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-212513\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160508122027.jpg\" alt=\"20160508122027\" width=\"600\" height=\"360\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Some of the survivors have been sent to the Nkawkaw Holy Family Hospital.<\/p>\n<p>The eyewitness also reported that passers-by volunteered to take all the victims to other nearby hospitals for treatment.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Zoe Abu-Baidoo\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 30 seater VVIP bus has been involved in a fatal accident on the Kumasi-Accra road, about 500 metres away from the popular Linda Dor rest stop. 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